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MindVault
Crack three locks with your mind before time runs out.
Turn your giveaway into a challenge.
A timed, mind-controlled safe challenge that turns your prizes into a crowd-pulling spectacle.
The pressure builds. The crowd holds its breath. Can they beat the clock? The final lock releases, the door swings open and the prize is revealed.
- Pulls visitors off the aisle
- Turns a giveaway into an experience
- Creates tension that attracts spectators
- Encourages repeat attempts
- Gives your sales team time with engaged visitors
Availability, price and what it needs from the venue — usually back the same working day.
What it is
MindVault is a prize safe controlled by concentration. Wearing an EEG headband, players must unlock three increasingly difficult stages before the clock runs out.
Why it works for a trade show
Most giveaways are passive. MindVault makes the prize the climax of a visible challenge. The countdown and three locks pull spectators in, while repeat attempts give your sales team time with engaged visitors.
How to play
What a guest actually does, from walking up to walking away.
- Step 1
Get ready
Step up to the vault and let the crew fit the headband. It reads your brainwaves, so there is nothing to hold and nothing to learn.
- Step 2
Get in the zone
Clear your head. The calmer and more focused you are, the faster the vault starts to give.
- Step 3
Play time
Sixty seconds on the clock. Hold your focus and the lock creeps open while everyone watching sees your score climb.
- Step 4
The prize
Open the vault and the prize is yours to take. Miss it and the queue behind you is already asking for a turn.
The human experience
The hook
There’s a prize inside. The only key is your concentration.
The challenge
Maintain enough concentration to unlock all three stages before the clock runs out.
The jeopardy
Each lock demands more focus than the last while the countdown keeps running. Lose concentration and progress stalls as the clock closes in.
If you win
The final lock releases, the safe swings open and the player claims the prize inside.
If you lose
The clock runs out with the prize still locked inside—and the next challenger is already convinced they can do better.
What you get from it
Competition
Players compare completion times or how many locks they opened, with a leaderboard encouraging repeat attempts throughout the event.
Data capture
How: Form capture, Badge scan
Captured: Player details, Scores, Rankings, Participation data
Capacity
- Typical throughput
- Around 100 players per show day (6–7 hours of operation).
- Average interaction
- Approximately 2½ minutes per player.
Ways to run it
Formats
How people interact with it.
Prize Challenge
Fastest Time
Head-to-Head
With two MindVaults.
Configurations
How the hardware scales.
Single MindVault
Mind-Controlled Giveaway Safe
One MindVault, fully installed and operated throughout your event.
- MindVault operational for event duration
- Mind Control Game
- Digital Leaderboard
- Event Staff on site
- Project Management
- Setup/Packdown
2 operators on site
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Two safes, twice the rivalry
Two MindVaults running together for head-to-head competition and double the throughput on busy stands.
- Double MindVault operational for event duration
- Mind Control Game
- Digital Leaderboard
- Event Staff on site
- Project Management
- Setup/Packdown
3 operators on site
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Rewards and outputs
What the experience hands over.
Physical prizes
Tokens
QR-based rewards
See it in use
Proof
Where it has run
Testimonial
Tipalti, GDC
The arcade theme effectively captured attendees’ attention, creating a long queue of enthusiastic participants.
Tipalti, GDC
Testimonial
Infoblox
Your robots bring a really unique, quirky sense of fun to any event.
Luisa Fort, Senior Field Marketing Manager Western Europe, Infoblox
Practical information
Delivered, installed and operated by us. Standard setup requires approximately 1.5m × 1.5m, or 1m × 1m for the compact version. Requires one standard 13A socket and reliable Wi-Fi, preferably a dedicated wired connection. Client-supplied prizes, tokens or QR codes are agreed before the event. Fully insured and PAT tested.
- Footprint
- Standard setup: approximately 1.5m × 1.5m. Compact setup: approximately 1m × 1m.
- Height clearance
- No special clearance required; MindVault is roughly the size of a small fridge.
- Power
- One standard 13A power socket.
- Setup
- Approximately 1½ hours.
- Derig
- Approximately 1 hour.
- Crew
- Two Arcade Strange crew members supplied for operational cover; MindVault can be operated by one person.
- Operating requirements
- Reliable venue Wi-Fi or, preferably, a dedicated wired connection.
- Weight and transport
- Delivered on a trolley; step-free access or a goods lift is required.
- Consumables
- Client-supplied prizes, tokens or QR codes, agreed before the event.
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